Cadbury's job losses indicate a failing system
Alliance Party Dunedin North candidate and trade spokeperson Victor Billot says the loss of around 145 jobs at Cadbury’s in Dunedin was an indicator of the serious problems faced by working people in...
View ArticleNew trains should be built in New Zealand workshops
Kiwirail should produce the new electric trains promised to Auckland in New Zealand workshops. Alliance Party co-leader Kay Murray says international tendering cannot be justified when Kiwirail's own...
View ArticleAlliance backs campaign for local rail manufacture
The Alliance is backing a campaign by rail workers to have KiwiRail's new locomotives and wagons built in New Zealand. Continue reading →
View ArticlePlease Don’t Appeal the Employment Court’s Aged Care Worker Gender Pay Decision
There is no excuse for the appalling wages paid to workers in the aged care and disability sectors. It is blatant discrimination against the – mainly – women who do the work and the people they work...
View ArticleEveryone Who Wants Work Should Have Work; Let’s Make Full Employment a...
The Alliance Party believes any government that purports to represent the people of New Zealand should have full employment as its main goal. They must state categorically that everyone who wants a job...
View ArticleKiwiRail: Another Year Older and Deeper in Debt
KiwiRail has turned another net loss; this time $248 million. No surprises there. The government has poured in about $1 billion of taxpayers money since 2010. That is a lot of money and there are...
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